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Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate by Hughes Ken
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-07-28 | Author:Hughes, Ken [Hughes, Ken]

“A Natural Enemy” On June 28, 1971, Daniel Ellsberg took a taxi to Post Office Square in Boston and arrived to find the largest assemblage of reporters, photographers, and television ...
( Category: History & Theory February 24,2017 )
The Pope of Physics by Gino Segrè
epub |eng | | Author:Gino Segrè

25 CHICAGO BOUND Fermi moved to Chicago at the end of April, but Laura stayed behind in Leonia until the end of June so that the children could finish the ...
( Category: United States February 24,2017 )
Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate by Gary J. Byrne
epub |eng | 2016-06-27 | Author:Gary J. Byrne

15. MUD DRAG: PART II I had been called back to answer a subpoena. In total I received six subpoenas, all of which compelled me to testify truthfully via videotape ...
( Category: Executive Branch February 24,2017 )
Ike's Gamble by Michael Doran
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Doran

The Qibya Vise Around the time that Nasser announced the Soviet-Egyptian arms deal, the Israelis were gaining a clear picture of the new Egyptian terror network with its various nodes ...
( Category: History & Theory February 24,2017 )
Moon California by Elizabeth Linhart Veneman
epub |eng | 2017-02-23 | Author:Elizabeth Linhart Veneman

Camping Lodgepole Campground (214 sites, year-round, reservations summer only 877/444-6777, www.recreation.gov, May-Sept., $22) is located along the Kaweah River, 21 miles from the Ash Mountain park entrance. The campground has ...
( Category: Pacific February 24,2017 )
Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima by Tatum Chuck
epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Tatum, Chuck [Tatum, Chuck]

Pillbox Bustin’ Aided as we were by tanks, afternoon gains were better than those previously achieved; however, heavy fighting continued against stubborn enemy resistance. We were still receiving sporadic mortar ...
( Category: World War II February 20,2017 )
Literacy in African American Communities by unknow
epub |eng | | Author:unknow

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS As we enter a new millennium and the perceived “reading crisis” continues, discussions of reading as a largely linguistic task driven by the strength of a child’s ...
( Category: United States February 17,2017 )
Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey by Sherow James E
epub |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Sherow, James E. [Sherow, James E.]

Photograph by Alexander Gardner (1867) Photograph courtesy Spencer Art Museum University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 1978.0026.02 30B. State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas (1994) This 1994 photograph shows the massive east wing’s ...
( Category: State & Local January 19,2017 )
George Washington's Secret Spy War by John A. Nagy
epub |eng | | Author:John A. Nagy

Eleven DECEPTION BATTLE PLAN: THE OBJECTIVE At the beginning of 1781 the war was not going well for the Americans. In the south, Charles Town (now known as Charleston), South ...
( Category: American Revolution December 11,2016 )
Colorado Excursions with History, Hikes and Hops by Ed Sealover
epub |eng | 2016-12-08 | Author:Ed Sealover

The moon glows over Horsetooth Rock, a popular hiking destination west of Fort Collins. Richard Ernst. Servers at the Mayor of Old Town in Fort Collins pour beer from one ...
( Category: State & Local December 9,2016 )
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
epub |eng | 2016-11-02 | Author:Dava Sobel

PART THREE In the Depths Above I saw in the stars a chance to observe phenomena beyond terrestrial scope. Nothing seemed impossible in those early days; we were going to ...
( Category: State & Local December 8,2016 )
The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-12-06 | Author:Herbert Croly

III Nationality and Democracy in England It has already been observed that England was the first European state both in mediæval and modern times to reach a high degree of ...
( Category: History & Theory December 7,2016 )
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City: Architectural Heart of the Prairie by Behrens Roy R
epub |eng | 2016-12-04 | Author:Behrens, Roy R. [Behrens, Roy R.]

Lithographic plate from The Grammar of Ornament (1856) by Owen Jones, an indispensable sourcebook for architects. Left half of a panoramic photograph of downtown Mason City in 1907. Photograph by ...
( Category: State & Local December 6,2016 )
Vineyard in Napa by Shafer Doug
epub |eng | 2012-12-05 | Author:Shafer, Doug

1. Wine Spectator, December 15, 1987. 1984 Cabernet review: www.winespectator.com/wine/detail/source/search/note_id/48417; 1985 Merlot review: www.winespectator.com/wine/detail/source/search/note_id/3848. TWENTY-EIGHT The War of the Apostrophes The property next to ours, with its castle-like, 1890s-era manor ...
( Category: State & Local December 6,2016 )
Education of Henry Adams by Adams Henry; Nadel Ira;
epub |eng | 1999-12-05 | Author:Adams, Henry; Nadel, Ira;

CHAPTER XX FAILURE (1871) FAR back in childhood, among its earliest memories, Henry Adams could recall his first visit to Harvard College. He must have been nine years old when ...
( Category: United States December 6,2016 )

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